#rather insensitive

[marzipanandminutiae]

I need an option for "no but I don't pass judgment on other people's relatively harmless cultural practices" please and thank you

(seriously, the kid can take the earrings out later if they don't like them. it's not a permanent alteration. my concern would be more for them not being able to take care of piercings at that age, and getting infections or yanking out the jewelry)

[hajimedics]

my fairly oddparents ocs :) tsubaki is an overachiever who thinks she’s mature for her age (she’s just a kid.) and believes wishing for things to go her way is too childish, while kira is her easygoing, friendly, butler-like godfather that gladly goes along with her bizarre wishes. one day, tsubaki lied about being an esper to her classmates so now she has to rely on kira for her “tricks” and “chasing away ghosts”. hazel does notice that she mutters the phrase “I wish” a lot, though…

tsubaki wants to find loopholes in da rules for her beliefs, thinking that she’s gonna be doing them a favor ("I wonder how far the extent of the fairies’ power is") while kira is one of the few fairies to actively vocalize their opinions regarding the hypocrisy and flaws in the godparenting system, so he's somewhat infamous in the fairy world. they’re on the same wavelength. also kira may or may not have worked for big daddy in the past and that’s why he’s been taking interest in peri’s potential

[yakultstan]

Parallel Fates

clang of the tracks rattling carriage flashes of flora and dust

fractured panes reflect unreciprocated familiarity a boy whom you shared first grade absorbed by the mass of strangers who all knowingly decay

seventeen years of silence now eternal, our bodies lie parallel blood gushing down the seats -

as cleanly as our sins deemed worthy of sacrificial act media slaves, headlined the tragic easter commute

[yandere-daydreams]

I don't understand. Why our brain turn the traumatic memories into fetishes. I need to research on that, srsly.

idk how to explain it but it does kinda make sense to me. wtf else are we supposed to do with them??? die??? bondage just seems more productive idk.

[hellomayu]

if only we didn't pretend we were fine

[wereoz]

i recommend this article as something to deconstruct the outrage over palestinians, and any oppressed people, being violent and how it can feel justified but ultimately helps no one. also, Mondoweiss - “news and opinion about palestine, israel and the united states” - is in need of support so please donate if you can.

[mister-a-z-fell]

Since you enjoyed the last videograph so much, here’s another. A little while ago, two young fellows broke into the bookshop on an illicit errand. It went a little something like this…

[soup-mother]

sorry that all that is happening to you. I just wanted to say that your Dorleyposting (and forcefem posting in general) finally pushed me to read Sisters of Dorley, which finally pushed me to start HRT. Also all that you about australia is right. You rock!!

omg I'm so proud of you wtf!!! that's incredible. i was literally reading dorley when you sent this lol. if you mean having ppl follow me then it's chill, just a bit much to deal with sometimes, i have a hard enough time making myself understood when i don't have hundreds of people watching 😔. I'm sure I'll feel better soon, but thank you this really made my night 💕

[red-gekkouga]

I’m always scared that I’m gonna come across as annoying or mean on accident with my friends.

I’m just bad at social cues and then I feel bad if I upset them. I swear I’m not trying to. I want the best for my friends and would never dream of being mean to them.

[wizardnaturalist]

I hate readings of eowyn that are "of course the only woman interested in battle and glory decides she actually just wants to be a wife at the end of the story 🙄" bcs congrats, you have spectacularly missed the point!

yeah, eowyn decides she no longer wants to be a warrior at the end of the series, but that is the overarching theme of Literally The Entire Story. lord of the rings is not, and has never been, about epic battles and great fighters and glory through combat. war is continuously framed as a horrifying consequence of the greed and selfishness of powerful people that ruins the lives of everyone involved

aragorn is not accepted as king of gondor because he won the battle of pelennor fields, he is accepted because of his skill and care in healing the wounded afterward. boromir's desire to use the ring as a weapon is what allowed it to corrupt him so easily, despite his noble intentions.

and yes, eowyn wanted to fight. she got to see firsthand the "glory" she sought. she got to see her uncle die in her arms, and herself and her best friend greviously injured and almost killed themselves. the whole point is that there was no glory. there was no great triumph on the battlefield. there was only struggle and horror and death.

and how could you see eowyn best one of sauron's top minions, someone even gandalf feared, and think the ultimate message was "obviously she belongs in the Home :)"

[brennbug]

Every time I say I don't want kids people fucking fall all over themselves to say "b-but what if you change your mind!" Then I guess I'll be an older woman with no babies and continue to live my life as I do now the fuck kind of answer do you want to that??

[justablah56]

hmm I think instead of feeling bad I will simply project this bad onto The Character . for funsies .

[bonni]

now that I'm officially a victim of long-term gaslighting and it has ruined my self esteem for the foreseeable future I can confidently say that gaslighting jokes are funny and always have been 👍

[katyspersonal]

3 for Aldrich, Aldia, Willem & Laurence

9 for Maria

11 for Micolash & Aldrich

24 for Laurence

(Asks from this ( x ) meme)

3) What first drew you to this character?

As for Aldrich, I vaguely recall finding out that he checks the traits I like the most? He was one of the characters I've learned about through fandom and not on my own, and I think this ancient meme about summarises it:

Also:

@val-of-the-north SHUDDUP you're basically so horny for Laurence/Logarius/Snatchers that you can't even picture them in your mind in any way but being naked!!!!!!! *casts the stone back at u*

With Laurence, like with Mico, it was the very first glance at the character in Youtube compilation with boss themes and concept art image. I did not know the lore yet, but the design and the music made me imagine Laurence as sort of aged, sagely librarian. I could not imagine back then that his boss fight would be him being a "helpless abhorrent little mewmew" as kids call it! Heck, I thought he'd have dialogue despite the monster form x) In a way, my first impression was not wrong, with the cut content of him actually talking even in a beast form, and implication of him being a son of Cainhurst cut content librarian NPC! I have intuition for cut content before having information, hahaha!

I have nothing to say about Willem. It might be a memory gap thing, but I swear at some point I feel I was turned off and then booted back up with liking this character already installed in my system x) As for Aldia.... ugh for fuck's sake... yeah, it was this legend:

I was absolutely floored by this stupid vid even without knowing any context, but I also instantly liked this character. I didn't even know his name yet, but the voice acting and long yapping about philosophy already pulled me in XD (Also unironically, this video is precisely how I give relationship advice fhfhdds)

9) Does this character remind you of anyone you know? Does that affect how you see them?

Yeah, I know this person. I know them very well. I know them more than anyone else. Someone who was misguided (by their destructive influence mentor figure, by their own foolishness and past history, or combination of both, who can tell anymore?) into committing awful things, then despaired over their sins and attempted redemption but also failed in some way? This person is me. At some point I've found myself in front of horrible truth about my past life and personality, and knew I was guilty and sullied forever. That it was over for me as a human being, but that didn't matter, and I could only keep people safe by locking myself away and trying to serve something better.

......annnnd it took a few years of more informed people to (metaphorically) shake me and slap my face into lucidity, explaining to me that I've fallen for the "BPD demonization" that was going far beyond than my individual failure as a friend, and we are always accused of abuse and causing irreversible harm when the worst we do is being emotionally overbearing. I kept losing trust to those friends, telling them that they were enablers who tried to gaslight me into thinking I was not 'that much of a monster', until it was other people with BPD who 'shook me and slapped my face into lucidity'. xd Nonetheless, even though now I know the truth about how society treats BPDs, I remember the feeling of being so monstrous and harmful that I was not even allowed to "touch" people with my dirty hands, how my reality used to be. So, I could write Maria going through this effortlessly, especially considering what she did was more plain and tangible!

In fact... thank you for asking me about this, because I kept wondering why I had such frequent dreams about being Maria, and why the Maria in my dreams acts like abused child that took back control against Gehrman despite my portrayal of the guy being so different. And now the puzzle is solved! That part of me still lives inside, it seems.

11) How did you “fall in love” with this character?

Already answered this for Micolash here: ( x )! As for Aldrich, it was through properly analysing the bigger picture and context of his actions. I've figured that his madness was, in fact, being informed on what was far too ahead of everyone else around him! He, like the rest of the cast, is trapped in the rotting, doomed world in which the only choices are 1) "die with dignity" or 2) commit something unthinkable from moral standpoint for a chance to escape. And will morality of the rotting world will matter in the new world anyways? Won't it all be left behind and be forgiven?

The guy also tried to take everyone else he could with him, like sort of a fucked up Noah's Arc! I can tell that they reused the concept with Rykard, at least, I am glad they know what works xD I'd say that the sadism he experienced upon eating people was either result of insanity (he understood a thing no one should understand), or still didn't exclude the bigger purpose (egotistically revelling in how holy he is helping everyone and doing what no one else dared, which would be like my Laurence). In any case, I have the strongest respect to the courage it takes to transcend the bonds of morality and compassion in order to to greater good. Being burdened with the knowledge of how the world really works, and choosing to push through instead of still being bound... This is why I also like Fauxsefka; learning how this world works, she chose to turn people into Kin so they can't ever become beasts. I am weak for this trope, you don't understand.

24) Do you ever dream about this character? If so, describe a dream you once had about them.

Laurence appears in my dreams only in two contexts: 1) Micolaurence or 2) dreams about finding secret files in Bloodborne that reveal his canonical appearance before beasthood! I can tell the latter comes from my everlasting unsatisfaction with my design for him, because I love it but it doesn't feel "fitting" and I can't identify why!

The former, I think, fandom rubbing onto me x) In two of these dreams, I was Laurence. In other two, I was Micolash. In one of Laurence dreams it was mutual, in the second one I was in love unrequited. In one of Micolash dreams, it was mutual, and in another it was not.. Basically, my dreams allows me to experience this ship from every possible angle. o_o Waiting for more I guess fhhdfsfd

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Thank you for asking! And.. without exaggeration, you've just done quite a psychological work on me by just asking the right thing. I need to think about that, hahaha

[vergilmayhoard]

I don't know how to word this. But I have the. Urge. To request an unknown amount of alter packs, or similar, of the character I identify as (or want to identify as, obviously it's Vergil,) but I'm not a system or a member of a system, I think I just need to see people's head-canons they could give him or just inspiration in general of what else to identify as. But either way, I am deathly afraid of doing that. I just need to find something that can make me feel more like him, or see other people's suggestions or advice. But I'm nervous when it comes to interacting with people.

[pirefyrelight]

Character concept: completely straight faced, unflapple character who never emotes. Probably bookish and snooty, and generally stand-offish.

Except when using sign language. The accompanying facial expressions are done with 100% accuracy and precision before going back to stony stillness when not actively communicating with a deaf individual.

The other characters find the sudden change strange but focus character responds like 'what? You all know I find using correct grammar to be important.'

Someone told this guy facial expressions are a core part of communicating and never clarified this goes for interacting smoothly for hearing people too.